Capillary instability of elliptic liquid jets

• Published in: Physics of fluids (1994) Vol. 23; no. 8; pp. 084109 - 084109-9
• Main Authors: Amini, Ghobad, Dolatabadi, Ali
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Melville, NY American Institute of Physics 01.08.2011
• Subjects: Exact sciences and technology; Fluid dynamics; Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications); Hydrodynamic stability; Jets; Physics; Surface-tension-driven instability; Turbulent flows, convection, and heat transfer; Ellipticity; Elliptical section; Modelling; Capillary waves; Liquid jet; Hydrodynamic instability

Instability of a liquid jet issuing from an elliptic nozzle in Rayleigh mode is investigated and its behavior is compared with a circular jet. Mathematical solution of viscous free-surface flow for asymmetric geometry is complicated if 3-D analytical solutions are to be obtained. Hence, one-dimensio...